The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself

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If you want to leverage your sales and business through referrals, then this book is for you. The book has a detailed level explanation of referral system and tools. For novice as well intermediary readers who want to learn about referrals.The author introduces 4 C's of marketing that is Content, Context, Connection and Community and gives emphasis to the right convergence of each other based upon the business you have.Book is full of strategies and tools description and what I like the most that at the end of some chapters it has an action plan that is a kind of summary of the entire chapter. If the chapter is understood and in future some reference is required to brush up things; then this action plan is helpful.Read it to take your business and sales to the next level. Might be you are missing this book to leverage.​

What I love about this book is its focus on being of service to others instead of teaching inauthentic ways of making a sale and making someone feel sold. It's always about how you can be of service towards others.

If you are a business owner of salesman then you will know the value of referrals and this book will help you get better.If you are just starting in business then you are soon going to discover the importance of referrals, so the sooner you start the better.Enjoy!

Ottimo libro, davvero consigliatissimo! L'unica critica che posso fargli è che poteva essere un po' più corto, alla fine i concetti vengono ripetuti varie volte e si poteva snellire un po'...ma questo non toglie niente all'altissima qualità dei contenuti. Per tutti coloro che vogliono migliorare i propri processi di business online, sia principianti che facenti parte di aziende navigate, questo libro vi aprirà un mondo! Complimenti all'autore.

This is simply the best book I have read on referral marketing! It is packed full of tips, ideas, examples and ‘how to’ processes.

In today's business with so much competition vying for customers, if you don't have a good referral system in place, you're missing the boat. THE REFERRAL ENGINE: TEACHING YOUR BUSINESS TO MARKET ITSELF, by John Jantsch may be just what you need to put your referral system in place. Geared for the small business owner, there are plenty of ideas here applicable to large corporations as well. This is possibly the most complete work on building a referral network available.As if you need persuasion, Jantsch first builds the case for why you need referrals in your business. That part seems like a "no-brainer" to me so I won't elaborate here. The next chapter is a "no-brainer" as well, but one often overlooked, and that is the importance of how employees view the importance of building referrals. This is a 3-pronged stool; the employee must know clearly what is expected, have the proper tools to do what is expected, and receive appropriate praise and feedback when expectations are met. This, of course, is predicated on the notion that your employees first believe in the company. If they truly believe that your company offers world class products or service, then they are doing a disservice to their customers by not asking them to refer their friends.Chapter 3 examines the Path to Referral by introducing the 4 "C's" of marketing; content - context - connection - community. The question is posed, "Where does your company fit in?" Here we examine the customer life cycle and an expanded view of collaboration; collaborating with prospects, customers, staff and businesses within your network.The next few chapters look at building a referral system that is right for you. Jantsch covers just about every aspect of referrals and sprinkles in plenty of real life business examples of these systems being successfully used.Once you reach Chapter 10, your mind will be swimming with new ideas you want to implement right away, but Janstch leaves no stone unturned as here we look at what to do when referrals start coming in to do business with you. We look at what can be learned from these referrals and what to do at this point in the process. There are also some valuable resource links for online tools that will be essential for small businesses to build a successful referral network.Chapter 11 looks at developing "Referral -specific Campaigns" such as landing pages, community events and exchanging services for advertising. Chapters 12 & 13 wrap things up with Snack-sized suggestions that looks at successful referral systems for specific types of businesses, with plenty of real-life examples, and a workshop for putting it all to work for you.This book has been a pleasure to read and I've learned a lot from it. I have only one knock on the book. Mr. Jantsch desperately needs an editor. The work is riddled with spelling and grammatical errors and typos. If you can overlook that, this gook is a gem.